Continental IO-550-F
Service difficulty reports · 81
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'IO550F' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE engine_model_key = 'IO550F' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
SDR 2024FA0000814Alternator · defectiveAT THE END OF A FLIGHT TOTALING 2.5 HOURS THE AMMETER INDICATED A DISCHARGE AND LOW VOLTAGE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I WAS ALMOST OVERHEAD MY POINT OF INTENDED LANDING, SO I COMPLETED THE LANDING AND LEFT THE AIRPLANE AT THE AIRPORT FOR THE LOCAL SHOP TO DIASDR 2024FA0000195Tube · leakingTUBE WAS INSTALLED NEW 2 YEARS PRIOR. NO KNOWN ISSUES UNTIL ONE DAY WAS FLAT WHEN WE ENTERED THE HANGAR. CRACK WAS FOUND ON VALVE STEM BETWEEN CUT THREADS IN THE AREA OF THE VALVE CORE. NO KNOWN DAMAGE HISTORY. NO SIGNS OF IMPACT. WHEN LOOKING AT CROSS SECTISDR 2021F00034Pin · wornDURING CRUISE POWER SETTINGS ALTERNATOR BELT WOULD BE THROWN OFF. AT RECOMMENDATION OF ENGINE SHOP, REMOVED CYLINDERS ONE AND TWO. REMOVED COUNTERWEIGHT AND FOUND PINS AND BUSHINGS TO BE WORN BEYOND LIMITS LIKELY CAUSING VIBRATION.SDR 2020FA0000372Cylinder · leakingAFTER CLEANING ENGINE WITH FOAMING DEGREASER ( VERY EFFECTIVE ), NOTED SLIGHT OIL STAIN ON CYLINDER CASTING. BETWEEN 5-6 & 6-7TH FIN- CLEANED MULTIPLE TIMES, MORE EXPANDING OILY SEEPS- VERY SLIGHT- PRESSURE CHECKED CYLINDER, NO AIR LEAKAGE- WAS NEVER ABLE TO SDR CA190418005Tube · cracked(CAN) THIS NEW ALTERNATOR CAME EQUIPPED WITH A BLAST TUBE BOLTED TO THE REAR OF THE ALTERNATOR HOUSING FOR DYNAMIC AIR FLOW COOLING OF THE UNIT. THE BLAST TUBE WAS FOUND CRACKED OFF ITS MOUNTS IN ALL 3 LOCATIONS. IT HAD FALLEN DOWN AND WAS RESTING ON THE INTAKSDR EVGR201710130001Rod Bearing · brokenDUE TO SLOWLY PROGRESSING OIL CONSUMPTION RATE, PULLED THE NR 1 CYLINDER AND DISCOVERED THE NR 2 CONNECTING ROD CAP WAS LIGHTLY SCRAPING THE BOTTOM PISTON PIN BOSS AREA OF THE NR 1 PISTON. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NR 1 CONNECTING ROD BEARING HAD BROKEN.SDR 2017FA0000455Selector Valve · malfunctionedOVERHAULED FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WILL NOT SHUT OFF FUEL IN OFF POSITION. OVERHAULED BY AIRCRAFT ACCESSORIES INTERNATIONAL,SDR 2016FA0000587Mount · defectiveDURING A 50/100HR ENGINE INSPECTION, NOTICED THAT A SCREW ATTACHED TO SAFETY WIRE WAS STICKING OUT BETWEEN THE BACK SIDE OF THE ENGINE BAFFLE AND FWD SIDE OF THE ALTERNATOR, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, FOUND THAT SCREW HAD BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE CASING AND THAT TSDR 2016FA0000583Alternator · failedPRIMARY ALTERNATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT.SDR 2016FA0000539Belt · shearedSQUEALING SOUND AT ENGINE START VOLTMETER SHOWING DISCHARGE. ALTERNATOR BELT WAS SHEARED.SDR NXY2016F00000Engine · seizedSHORTLY AFTER START, THE ENGINE STOPPED DURING GROUND OPERATION. ENGINE SEEMS TO BE SEIZED, HOWEVER FURTHER EVALUATION IS NEEDED TO ASCERTAIN CAUSE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS. WILL SUBMIT A FOLLOW UP REPORT AFTER TEARDOWN.SDR P9KA2015120803Governor · intermittentDURING A PREFLIGHT RUN UP, THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT CYCLE THE PROPELLER EVEN WHEN LT IN THE LOW RPM POSITION FOR 10+ SECONDS. THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR WAS REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE & OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE GOVERNOR ONLY HAD 29.5 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL & THE RSDR P9KA2015091401Thru Bolt · brokenWHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE OIL & FILTER CHANGE, MECHANIC SAW LARGE AMOUNTS OF LEAKED OIL & A CRANKCASE THROUGH BOLT NUT IN THE COWLING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LOWER FWD THROUGH BOLT HAD BROKEN AT THE NR 6 CYLINDER. UPON REMOVING THE REMAINS SDR CA150803001Sprocket · sheared(CAN) DURING FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED THE ELEVATOR TRIM WHEEL, FREEWHEELING, WITH NO CONTROL OF THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB, NO UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT OF THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB REPORTED. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE ACTUATOR SPROCKET SHEARED WITH SPROCKET AND CONTROL CABLESSDR CA150602027Exhaust Valve · melted(CAN) PILOT REPORTED RT EXHAUST SOUNDS LIKE ITS HITTING STRUT. INSPECTED & FOUND NO EVIDENCE. GND RUN OF ACFT SHOWED CYLINDER NR 3 EGT 800-1000 DEGREES LOWER THAN & CHT CLIMBING AT HALF THE RATE AS OTHERS. SHUT DOWN ACFT & PERFORMED COMPRESSION TEST CONFIRMSDR 2015FA0000540Rod Bearing · failedROD BEARING FAILURE ON REMANUFACTUED ENGINE. 13 MONTHS, 406 HOURS. SUMP IAW STC SE09319SC. ENGINE MODIFIED. STC SUMP MFG DEFECTIVE CAUSING INTERFERENCE WITH OIL PICKUP.SDR CA140715011Bearing · failed(CAN) ALTERNATOR ARMATURE REAR SUPPORT BEARING DISINTEGRATED IN 2.7 HOURS SINCE INSTALL. UNIT TO BE RETURNED TO OVERHAUL SHOP FOR WARRANTY INSPECTION.SDR 2014FA0000174Pump · failedFUEL PUMP FAILED DURING FLIGHT UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. PUMP REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE AND WAS FOUND TO BE SEIZED. PUMP SENT FOR EVALUATION.SDR CA130930006Cylinder · cracked(CAN) JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG. PARTIAL POWER LOSS WAS NOTED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. VISUAL INSPECTION HAS SHOWN SUBSTANTIAL OIL LOSS. THE NR 5 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE CRACKED AND SEPARATED.SDR 2013FA0000446Bracket · crackedBALANCE TUBE MOUNTING BRACKET CRACKED. TUBE CRACKED AT ONE END.SDR 2013FA0000383Thru Bolt · looseWHILE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING AND REPLACING A ENGINE OIL TEMP PROBE, MECHANIC DISCOVERED ONE OF THE ENGINE CASE THROUGH BOLTS WAS MISSING NUTS AND WASHERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CASE. THE WASHER FOR THE RT SIDE OF THE BOLT WAS FOUND IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COWLSDR CA130611007Bar · cracked(CAN) UPON LANDING FRONT SPREADER BAR DETACHED FROM LT FLOAT. UPON SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FRONT SPREADER BAR SPAR EXHIBITS EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS CRACKING TO WATER LANDING.SDR 2013FA0000232Bulkhead · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION. AFTER REMOVING FLOAT BUMPERS OFF OF BOTH FLOATS, TWO LARGE CRACKS WERE FOUND ON EACH BULKHEAD NOSE ASSY . THE CRACKS STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM NUT PLATES AND WERE ABOUT THREE INCHES IN LENGTH.SDR ENEA2012F00235Crankcase · puncturedON SHORT FINAL, PILOT HEARD AN AUDIBLE BANG WITH ENGINE RUNNING SLIGHTLY ROUGH, MAKING A DIFFERENT NOISE AND NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER. CONTINUED TO LANDING WITH OUT INCIDENT AND DURING TAXI TO TURN OUT STARTED ACCUMULATING OIL ON WINDSCREEN. REMOVED TOP COWSDR 2012FA0000522Attach Fitting · crackedDURING AN ANNNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND A .7500" CRACK IN THE LT MAIN LANDING GEAR OUTBOARD ATTACH FITTING AS VIEWED THROUGH A FLOOR ACCESS PANEL. THE CRACK IS IN THE RADIUS OF THE FITTING AFT AND BELOW THE MLG SPRING. FOUND NO HISTORY OF A HARD LANDING.SDR CA120503001Shaft · bent(CAN) DURING INTERNAL, 500 HR INSPECTION OF THE ALTERNATOR THE MAIN SHAFT WAS FOUND TO BE BENT AND THE CASE HALF HAD A SMALL CRACK. ALTERNATOR WAS R & R WITH AN O/H SPARE.SDR CA110919005Starter · failed(CAN) AFTER A WARM UP ENGINE SHUTDOWN. ON THE WARM START ATTEMPT,THE ENGINE "KICKED BACK", BREAKING THE SPRING INSIDE THE STARER DRIVE ASSY. STARTER DRIVE ASSY REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR SVVA03082001Main Bearing · failedFOUND PARTICLES IN OIL FILTER. FURTHER SEARCHING FOR PROBLEM FOUND MAIN BEARING PARTS IN OIL PAN.SDR 2010FA0001232Cylinder · crackedTHE ENGINE HAS APPROX 300 HOURS SINCE MAJOR O/H, THE ENGINE HAD LOW COMPRESSION, UPON BOROSCOPE ALL 6 CYLINDERS WERE REPORTED CRACKED, VARIOUS HEAD CRACKING.SDR 2010FA0001042Flap System · malfunctionedDURING A TRAINING FLIGHT, AT ABOUT 2000 FT FLAPS DID NOT RETRACT FROM FULL FLAP EXTENSION DURING RECOVERY FROM AN IMMINENT FULL-FLAP, POWER OFF STALL. SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RETRACT THE FLAPS, THE FLAP CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD NOT TRIPPED AND THSDR CA100810002Connecting Rod · failedCATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE, CONNECTING RODS CAME THROUGH CASE AND COWL.SDR CA100525014Lifter · spalledUPON DISASSEMBLY, DISCOVERED LIFTERS AND CAMSHAFT SPALLED AND CHIPPED. THE INTAKE LIFTER 653888 (CHANGED NOV 16, 2009 DUE TO SB09-07 & AD2009-24-52, APPROX 180 HRS TTSN) WERE ALL DESTROYED. THE CAMSHAFT WAS ALSO DESTROYED.SDR 2010FA0000247Lifter · spalledLOW COMPRESSION NR 5 CYLINDER - BURNED VALVE. FOUND BOTH LIFTERS FOR INTAKE AND EXHAUST SPALLED. LOOKED AT OTHER LIFTERS IN ENGINE WITH A BORESCOPE AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER LIFTERS IN ENGINE WITH SAME SPALLING DEFECT. PN ON LIFTERS IS 653888 AND 653877. THESDR 2010FA0000248Lifter · spalledLOW COMPRESSION NR 5 CYLINDER - BURNED VALVE. FOUND BOTH LIFTERS FOR INTAKE AND EXHAUST SPALLED. LOOKED AT OTHER LIFTERS IN ENGINE WITH A BORESCOPE AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER LIFTERS IN ENGINE WITH SAME SPALLING DEFECT. PN ON LIFTERS IS 653888 AND 653877. THESDR CA100116001Terminal · shorted(CAN) ON APPROACH, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN IN ANTICIPATION FOR LANDING. AFTER DOING THIS, SPARKS WERE NOTICED BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BELOW THE RADIO STACK. THE PILOT RETURNED THE GEAR SELECTOR TO THE UP POSITION AND PULLED THE GEAR PUMP CIRCUIT BREASDR CA100114004Alternator · failed(CAN) ALTERNATOR FAILED DURING FLIGHT. ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS INDICATED TO CREW. CREW RETURNED FOR LANDING AT CYTZ. (TC NR 20100114004)SDR 2009FA0001018Cylinder · crackedA COMPRESSION CHECK ON CYL NR 5 RESULTED IN A RATIO OF 20/80. INSP REVEALED A CRACK IN THE CYL HEAD ALMOST THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE HEAD, THAT RAN BELOW THE SPARK PLUG HOLE AND ABOVE THE FUEL INJECTOR PORT. INSP OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CYL SHOWED THE CRACK RUNSDR CA091030001Bolt · loose(CAN) ALTERNATOR WAS RETURNED DUE TO FAILURE TO CHARGE BATTERY AND HAD BEEN O/H. UPON INSP THE THROUGH BOLTS WERE FOUND LOOSE. THE STATOR HAD BECOME LOOSE BETWEEN THE HSG AND HAD BEEN SPUN BY THE ROTOR, BREAKING THE STATOR WIRES. A PLACARD ON ALTERNATORS STATSDR CA091005009Cylinder Head · cracked(CAN) DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF AD 2009-19-07, MSB 09-1, NR 5 CYL HEAD FOUND CRACKED.SDR 2009FA0000761Ignition Switch · failedIGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO SHUT-OFF MAGENTO DURING A PRE-FLIGHT MAGNETO CHECK AND FAILED AT 1201.1 HOURS SINCE NEW . THE REQUIRED DIODE ON THE STARTER SOLENOID WAS INSTALLED PER THE AD/SERVICE BULLETIN SO THIS SWITCH SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT 1201.1 HOURS.SDR CA071202001Bulkhead · cracked(CAN) DURING COMPLIANCE WITH SEB 93-5 INSP OF LOWER DOOR POST, THE BULKHEAD WAS FOUND CRACKED ON THE LT SIDE, UPPER PART OF LOWER BULKHEAD, JUST IB OF THE WING STRUT ATTACHMENT FITTING. RT SIDE WAS TO BE FREE OF CRACKS AT THIS TIME. MFG SERVICE KIT SK260-42C WSDR 2007FA0000733Hub · crackedHUB, NDI SHOWS RELEVANT INDICATION OF CRACK.(K)SDR 2007FA0000782Hub · crackedHUB, NDI SHOWS RELEVENT INDICATION OF CRACK. (K)SDR R022366Seal Ring · debondedTEFLON (BLADE SEAL) DEBONDED FROM THE SHANK OF BLADE SN A0336 CAUSING GREASE LEAK.SDR CA070327010Control Cable · cut(CAN) A SCREW FROM THE AVIONIC EQUIPMENT LOOSENED, FELL AND LODGED BETWEEN THE PULLEY AND CABLE FOR THE ELEVATOR FLIGHT CONTROL. WITH TIME, THE CABLE WAS DAMAGED AS IT ROLLED OVER THE SCREW. (TC NR 20070327010)SDR EDRCCUIGear Shaft · shearedDURING PREFLIGHT, ENGINE RUNUP PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CYCLE PROP AND THEN NOTICED ZERO OIL PRESSURE ON THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE, ENGINE SHUTDOWN. INSPECTION REVEALED THE GEAR SHAFT ASSY IN THE OIL PUMP HOUSING WAS SHEARD. MFG HAS ASKED US TO SEND THE ENGINE BACK SDR CA060629004Door Frame · cracked(CAN) FORWARD DOOR POST BULKHEAD CRACK DETECTED DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SEB 93-5 CESSNA SERVICE KIT SK206-42 LOWER FORWARD DOORPOST BULKHEAD AND WING STRUT FITTING REINFORCEMENT TO BE INSTALLED. (TC# 20060629004)SDR CA060514001Torque Link · cracked(CAN) NOSE LANDING GEAR UPPER TORQUE LINK FOUND CRACKED ON BOTH LT AND RT SIDE OF LWR WEB. CRACK WAS DETECTED VISUALLY DURING 50 HR INSP AND LUBRICATION OF NOSE LANDING GEAR. THIS PART WAS INSTALLED NOVEMBER 2001, PREVIOUS PART HAD SAME CRACKS IN SAME LOCATIOSDR AU510001488Cylinder · separated(AUS) ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD SEPARATED FROM BARREL. SUSPECT DEFECTIVE CASTING. (OTHER CAUSE: IT`S FAIRLY OBVIOUS THAT CASTING WAS DEFECTIVE ) (CASA# 510001488)SDR AU510001585Starter · failed(AUS) ENGINE STARTER MOTOR FAILED TO TURN OVER. INVESTIGATION FOUND A FAILED BRUSH SPRING JAMMED BETWEEN THE BRUSH AND COMMUTATOR. (CASA NR 510001585)
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